Not sure why all the low ratings on this very interesting low budget thriller out of Canada. Going in you should understand some of the production values are not going to be up to giant budget standards, no big CGI monsters swooping in, no perfection of the 1929 time period.
This is a movie that uses your brain to see what is happening, to think about the why of the scare and the danger. That is what the script offers and pulls off and what makes this a tight, imaginative thriller. The basic theme is nature versus man and how our group of young, intelligent students can figure out what is happening and why and finally how to survive.
There are moments that we have to overlook some of the scripts short comings - like when they sew their very nice survival suits out tent canvas. Overall The acting was good, with the best being those in the main roles. The directing was very good with the director working from his own scrip. Photography was excellent capturing the vastness of the wilderness as well as the claustrophobic feel you can have in the middle of such vastness.
Sure there are flaws, but this is a thriller that is imaginative and intelligent in its telling. Worth the time to watch.
